Jan 26th - Den Meeting

Another grrrreat den meeting last night.  Daniel, J.P., and Ben opened with a pledge of allegiance, followed by a quick game of trying to throw a Frisbee in to a circle marked on the floor.   J.P. won and received a Tiger cap to wear.  The cubs all built small wooden race cars.  They glued them together then broke for a few minutes of crab races, etc..  The boys then created whatever colors they wanted starting with the three primary colors (red, blue, yellow).   For the cubs who did not make it, please go through with them; their primary colors, what materials can be used to make works of art (any material really - paper, canvas, wood, paint, etc.) and that when drawing or painting lines, circles, curves, colors and/or textures can be used.  We have discussed this on several occasions, so I am confident that all the cubs have already participated in / been exposed to these topics one or more times; and therefore have all had their names turned in to get their "art" belt loops.  The cubs were very creative in painting their cars, and seemed to have a lot of fun.  We discussed the fact that we are working on our citizenship belt loops, now.  I handed out charts for them to do at home (list jobs down the left side, days of week across the top.  So that they can write down a list of jobs they will do for a week, and then mark each day that they did what they agreed to do and are "good citizens" in their family.  For the cubs who were not there, I can get you a chart or you can make one at home - does not matter how you do it, just that each of the cubs learn about doing their part for their family, by agreeing to do some jobs and recording how they do for a week.

Pinewood Derby is Sunday at Elmira Fire station.  We need to get their at 9:30 am as we are the greeters for this event.

Next Den meeting will be Tuesday, Feb 2nd at 7:00 pm at Mike Duggan's fire station: Station 67 Cantelow -  4135 Cantelow Road, Vacaville (Mike, correct me if I am wrong).   Try to have a family fire drill before this meeting, so when asked the boys can say "yes, I know what to do in case of a fire" at their house.   Also, we will be making a poster of what citizenship means (being a good citizen).  Bring clippings from newspaper, magazines, etc - so that we can do a collage on a poster board.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 

Also there have been a couple requests from Joel, who is organizing the Pinewood Derby, for volunteers to help setup and take down - He is starting at 7:00 am to setup, lots of chairs, tables, etc. and will also need people at the end to clean-up. If you can arrive early or stay late, let me know and I will pass your name to Joel.

See you Sunday

Fred Zilz

Tiger Den 12

Den Meeting - Power Up

Great meeting tonight.  We got a lot done.   The theme for the month is Power-up and the cubs did seem to be powered up tonight.  They each used a power drill to help polish the axles for their pinewood derby cars and to drill holes in their neckerchief slide. 

 

After our normal opening (pledge of allegiance) We talked about how they power up by eating the right foods, and how engines power up with fuel, and power tools power up with electricity.  They each made a neck slide by taking a wood plate, painted it, colored a car, cut it out, glued it on.  Then they drilled holes in the wood plate which they pushed pipe cleaners (don't remember the correct craft name for them) through to tie on to the neckerchief.   The boys (wearing safety glasses of course) used power drills to polish their pinewood derby axles, and when they were not doing those items, they helped cut out numbers for their den flag.

 

Next week - no meeting, the following meeting, we will plan to spend some time working on pinewood derby cars.  The Derby is the 31st. 

 

We will work on our Citizenship belt loop.  There are 3 requirements, the first is Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week. Please try to help your cub to get this requirement (just make a simple list of jobs and then each day for a week record getting them done). When we have our Firehouse tour we will be doing the second requirement: Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen. The last requirement we did with the food drive, park clean-up, and the christmas wish (Participate in a family, den, or school service project).

 

Also, before the firehouse tour - probably February 2nd - the cubs should have a firedrill at their house.

 

Thanks Dads and Moms for great participation.

 

Fred Zilz

Tiger Den 12

 

Events - Tiger Den 12

First I have to say thank you to Mike Duggan for all his work on getting the Live Aboard Event on the USS Hornet setup and then managing it.  For those of you who could not make it - wow you missed a truly amazing experience.  I was reluctant to take Ben, thinking he may be too young, but it really was wonderful.  There were 2 tigers from Den 12 and 4 more Tigers from Pack 180's second Tiger Den.  Not sure what the final count was of cubs and parents - my guess is 30 some.  The Tours were managed very well and the entire experience was catered to for the scouts.   If / When this opportunity comes up again, I would highly recommend it. (I have a few pictures loaded on Picasa Web - http://picasaweb.google.com/fredrick.zilz/TigerDen12?feat=directlink.)

Which brings us to upcoming events. 

Den Meeting: I plan to have Den meeting Tomorrow - Jan 12, and Tuesday Jan 26th but not on the 19th (I will be attending Pack 180 Committee Meeting).   for  tomorrow - Bring your cub scout handbooks, battery powered drills, safety glasses if you have them (I have some extras), and your pinewood derby kits.  Also, someone volunteer to finish the flag - or help finish it, I would love to be able to bring it to the Pinewood Derby.

Pinewood Derby:  Jan 31st  (Sunday).

Next Month -  The First or second meeting of February, Mike Duggan is going to arrange for a hands on Firehouse tour for the boys - should be alot of fun.

March - John Vito is arranging for a visit to Travis Airforce base - Should be another amazing experience for the cubs (and parents) - we may get to use the flight simulator :-).   And we are hoping to get to visit the communications office and knock of the tiger cub requirement for visiting a newspaper, tv, or radio station (communication).  For this trip I am going to need some information from you: First and Last name of driver

Driver's California Driver's License Number.

Insurance Liability coverage amounts:

Per person

Per Accident

Property Damage

  

Example:  Fred Zilz, U0000001, Per Person = $100K, Per Accident = $300K, Property Damage = $50K.

This is required for our Tour Permit, even if we are all driving our own cars and meeting there.  You can gather the information and bring it to a den meeting or email it to me.

My goal is to have all the cubs complete their Tiger requirements in March.  So there may be one or two items that your cub needs to get done between now and then.  Most if not everyone needs to do a Firedrill at home.  Maybe we can try to get this done before our firehouse visit, so that all the cubs can say yes they know what to do in case of a fire at their house. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.   If you are not sure about something we are, or are not doing, at meetings, outside of meetings, go see its, let me know - I won't know what is working and what is not working unless you tell me.

Fred Zilz

Tiger Den 12

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone.   I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday.  It's time to get back in the routine.  I know the cubs are starting back to school this week and are likely to be worn out Tuesday night (Jan 5), so we will try to have a quick meeting (no guarantee but I am going to try).   I plan to go over the remaining requirements for Tiger Badge, finish up the cubs scrapbooks, and if possible work on the den flag - I'ld like to get that done so we can start displaying it at Den and Pack meetings.   We should have the all purpose room at Browns Valley.  I will try to confirm on Monday and send a note out if it is not at the school.

 

How is it going with your Pinewood Derby car?   We can discuss at Tuesday's meeting if we want to have a meeting where we work on our cars together.  The Derby is the 31st of January.

 

The other Tiger den is in the process of planning an outing to a sports event to meet their requirement and asked if our den would like to join them.  They are currently exploring the option of going to a Kings game in Sacramento on the 30th (it is a night game) and would be the night before the Pinewood Derby.   I believe the price / ticket is ~$20.   Please, let me know via email or at Tuesday's meeting if this is something we want to do, or if we would rather do something closer at either a college or high school level game.

 

I show Reger as signed up to provide snacks for the Den meetings this month, and Vito for helping with activities.  Let me know if you will not be able to make it, or run into any issues.

 

See you Tuesday,

 

Fred Zilz

Tiger Den 12